Rebirth 1994: Football Situation

Chapter 377 The Party Is Over
While Pei Wei was still thinking about it, Lao Zhou, who was sitting on the other side, raised an objection: "Doesn't doing this run counter to our original intention? When the salary limit order was first agreed, it was to control the players. The income should not be too high to ensure that the club’s deficit does not increase. Now we need to increase the appearance fee. Although the cost is not much, will the opening of this hole increase the appetite of the players? Will we not be led by the players? Go with your nose?"

"Then if the appearance fee has not been added, will the players become more and more dissatisfied? It is unfair and abnormal to have the same treatment as playing and not playing. The main basis for distinguishing important players from ordinary players is whether they can play. The main force..." Zhang Bing replied with a smile: "Even if the players will not be dissatisfied because of this, but if this goes on for a long time, there will definitely be slackness and lack of motivation. How can the players actively fight on the court? Wonderful and good-looking? If the game is not exciting, the fans' attention will be focused on other aspects. The league that loses attention will lose its vitality, and the general group of each club will lose its advertising effect... How many companies will spend their funds at that time? Join the team?"

"Well, it makes sense." Dalian's Mr. Wang nodded. Dongfang Group took advantage of Dalian Dongfang's outstanding performance in the Asian arena in the past two years, and even sold their products to Japan and South Korea. The group's income was greatly increased. He was deeply touched by the increase: "Only when the game is exciting can it attract more attention. If increasing this amount of money can improve the enthusiasm of the players... I think it is worth it."

"There is another point. In fact, our club occupies an absolute dominant position in terms of paying players' salaries. As long as the clubs can achieve consistency, then the players have no right to speak in front of us..." Hualong next to him also said Le: "But have you ever thought about it? If we have been controlling the income of the players tightly, then the dissatisfaction of the players will gradually increase. When the dissatisfaction reaches a certain level, will they form a league like us? Come against us?"

Players Union!Such a word flashed in Pei Wei's mind.

A mature league basically abides by the principle of separation of powers - the Football Association focuses on the specific direction and the hosting of the league, the professional league discusses how to increase income and influence and the distribution of benefits, and the players union is responsible for their own interests. Gatekeeping—in other words, the Football Association has power, clubs have funds, and players are the main body of the league. The three are mutually restrained and interdependent to form a stable framework.

The Football Association cannot be separated from the sufficient financial resources of the club and the performance of the players on the field. The club cannot be separated from the organization of the Football Association and the participation of the players. The players need the management of the Football Association and the club to pay them wages.

However, given China's special circumstances, it is obviously impossible to suddenly separate the three powers. We can only let the market promote the improvement of the rules through the gradual development of the league. Now that the prototype of the professional league has come out, the players' union... I'm afraid It has to be formed spontaneously by the players.

This can only be a long process. When the market needs it, professional leagues will emerge. Similarly, when the market needs it, the player union will gradually form. This is an inevitable process, and it is not based on human will. for transfer.

In the early days of the professionalization of Chinese football, when the Football Association was the only one, it needed the wisdom and courage of the superiors to make the league run normally. Guarantee the normal development of the league.

"The club cannot be led by the nose by the players, and the players should not be in an absolutely weak position and let the club make conditions." Pei Wei said slowly: "The two sides should be equal. The club pays for the players to play, and the players Let the club obtain actual benefits through wonderful games—the two should complement each other and benefit each other, and only by achieving a win-win situation can the cooperation be carried on for a long time.”

Pei Wei glanced at all the bosses present: "All our clubs unite, and indeed have the ability to give orders to all players, and even affect the decision-making of the Football Association to a certain extent... But have you ever thought about it, if all the players unite? If they get up, then their ability..."

What abilities does the player have?For individual players, they absolutely cannot shake the dominance of the club, but if all the players unite, whether it is a strike or something that affects the league, the consequences may not be borne by the Football Association and the club.

After all, the Football Association and clubs are just managers. What the fans really want to watch is the game, a game in which players participate.

Thinking of this, most of the bosses couldn't help but change their faces. They can imagine that if the players really unite to make some demands to the club, they really can't refuse-it's easy to fire a player, but if all the players are fired If it is lost, can the club still exist?
"Okay, I think we have discussed Mr. Zhang's proposal quite thoroughly. I think everyone should understand the pros and cons. Now let's vote by raising our hands. More than two-thirds of the proposal If the boss agrees, then the proposal will be passed." Pei Wei said: "Okay, let's vote now!"

After finishing speaking, Pei Wei first raised his hand, and then Zhang Bing and Hua Long also raised their hands quickly.

It is no surprise that these three people agree with this one. The three of them are the three richest among the bosses of all the first-tier teams. I am afraid that the general groups behind almost all clubs do not have as much money as them-the next one who raises his hand agrees. It is a few richer clubs in Shanghai, Dalian, Sichuan, Chongqing, etc. It is surprising that the bosses of the two newly promoted Yunnan and Xiamen also quickly raised their hands to agree to this, but considering that the main task of the newly promoted is to keep relegation, the key It is not difficult to understand that time can only use money to make players work harder.

Pei Wei was the first to raise his hand. On the contrary, his loyal allies Mr. Zhou from Wuhan and Mr. Wan from Jilin seemed a little hesitant. But it's no wonder that these two clubs are backed by private companies with a small scale. With a profit of tens of millions, raising a team is already hard enough. If it weren't for the team's good advertising effect, they would almost be unable to support it, so naturally they were a little hesitant.

However, these two clubs established a relationship with Yunjiatianyu relatively early, and they were also clubs that learned Yunjiatianyu's management experience relatively early. The annual increase of several million expenses can still be tolerated. Seeing more and more The boss raised his hand in agreement with this rule, and finally raised his hand.

"Well, it's unanimously approved." Pei Wei nodded: "Then in the following season, all clubs can pay appearance fees, but the appearance fee received by a player cannot exceed 400% of the team's average weekly salary. Ten, the bonus is still the old rule, rewards for winning the championship or completing the pre-season custom goals can be awarded after the end of the season, but a bonus cannot exceed [-] million yuan, and the same amount of luxury tax must be paid at the same time.”

The bosses all nodded in agreement. If some bosses still resisted the formulation of league rules at the beginning, then the facts of the past two years have proved that only when the league becomes more exciting and attractive, can they gain more benefits. The bigger it will be, as long as it is something that is beneficial to the league, even if it does not seem to be beneficial to them for the time being, as long as they persist in implementing it, the ultimate beneficiaries are themselves.

"Another problem has been solved." Pei Wei said happily: "Do you have any other opinions and requests that you need to put forward?"

All the bosses shook their heads, and Pei Wei continued: "Do you have any opinions on the distribution of broadcasting fees?"

This year, the Football Association and CCTV renewed the broadcast rights contract. After several years of growth, the broadcast fee has increased from 98 million in 1000 to more than 4000 million. According to the distribution principle at that time, last year's champion Shandong Hualong won The rebroadcasting fee of the show has exceeded 1000 million, and even the last place can get more than 260 million, which has to be said to be a huge improvement.

Of course, this is also inseparable from the excitement of the league. The wonderful league has attracted quite a few fans who cannot watch the game on the spot to watch the game on the TV. What followed was a huge gain in advertising costs, so after the contract expired, the sports channel happily signed the broadcasting fees for the next five years. They also know now that when the league is exciting, they can It has brought them hundreds of millions of profits, and it is also appropriate to take part of it to give back to the club. Otherwise, the club will not be able to continue and the level of the league will decline. Where can they get such huge profits?

The prosperity of the world is all for profit, and the world is full of hustle and bustle for profit. If there is no temptation of profit, just by shouting a few slogans to revitalize Chinese football can make the sports channel willingly spend huge sums of money to reinforce the club. Not a big joke?
After all the bosses had no objections, the gathering came to an end. Pei Wei originally planned to make such a gathering a routine, but after thinking about it, he gave up.

It is always bad to act too hastily. Waiting for such informal gatherings to come a few more times will naturally form a practice. When all the club bosses take such gatherings for granted, a formal professional league will probably be established. up.

The inertia of history is huge. When certain necessary factors develop to a certain extent, corresponding things will emerge as the times require. However, when the conditions are not yet ripe, pushing forcibly will be counterproductive. (To be continued, if you want to know what happens next, please visit www.CMFU.COM, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!)
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